About:
Erica McKeehen is a multidisciplinary teaching artist based in Chicago, IL. She currently works in arts administration and as an Exhibitions Assistant at Evanston Art Center. She also is a freelance art model.
In her visual practice, Erica creates self-portraits and images, often paired with interviews and writing, of her friends and peers who are burlesque performers. In building long-term collaborative narratives, she explores identity, storytelling, and performance, presenting nuanced views of experience, sexuality, and autonomy. Erica is also a burlesque performer herself and the co-creator of Lust for Life, a rock n’ roll burlesque show in Chicago, with her longtime collaborator Kitty Tornado.
Erica lives in the city with her senior Siamese cat, Theo, and besides visual art and photography, she loves listening to/collecting/researching rock n’ roll music & attending live concerts, taking long walks around the city, drinking iced coffee, and watching Gordon Ramsay cooking shows!
Education:
- Ohio University, BS (Visual Communication, Commercial Photography)
- Columbia College Chicago, MA (Arts Management)
- Columbia College Chicago, MFA (Photography)
Disciplines:
Photography (portraiture, documentary, fine art) &: video, writing, live performance (burlesque - solo & small group ensemble), curating, & event production
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